An american scholar of islam (Yusuf Estes )say that the striking that is mentioned in the Quraan *DOES NOT* mean hitting.
It become obvious what he was getting at by giving an example of a baseball player who swings his bat .Just the MOTION of the bat is reffered to as strike whether the ball is hit or not .
So if a wife makes a mistake he isn't to hit her but is allowed to make a striking motion with his hand so as in to stop her .
Many consfusions come up from translating from arabic to english .Translators try to find accurate words but speakers of arabic will know at times there does not exist one word in English to explain the Arabic.
Anyhow ,Muslims know that Prophet Muhammad (saw) NEVER lifted a finger at ANY of his wives and if he is our role model then its his example we are trying to follow.
An american scholar of islam (Yusuf Estes )say that the striking that is mentioned in the Quraan *DOES NOT* mean hitting.
It become obvious what he was getting at by giving an example of a baseball player who swings his bat .Just the MOTION of the bat is reffered to as strike whether the ball is hit or not .
So if a wife makes a mistake he isn't to hit her but is allowed to make a striking motion with his hand so as in to stop her .
Many consfusions come up from translating from arabic to english .Translators try to find accurate words but speakers of arabic will know at times there does not exist one word in English to explain the Arabic.
Anyhow ,Muslims know that Prophet Muhammad (saw) NEVER lifted a finger at ANY of his wives and if he is our role model then its his example we are trying to follow.